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Paolo
On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 10:16 AM Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> QEMU build and test scripts would like to use some new features that
> were added to Python 3.7. Useful additions include removing the need
> for OrderedDict, improved handling of default text encoding, postponed
> evaluation of type annotations, and improvements to asyncio.
>
> Using new features that were added to Meson 0.63 is also being blocked
> by usage of EOL'd versions of Python; Meson 0.63 does not work with the
> 3.6 version of Python that is provided by CentOS Stream 8 and OpenSUSE
> LEAP 15. Therefore, this series upgrades the CentOS Stream 8 and OpenSUSE
> LEAP 15 dockerfiles to use the alternative Python runtimes provided by
> the distros.
>
> The main obstacle here is updating the lcitool-generated Dockerfiles;
> lcitool is (by design) quite opinionated on the mapping between
> "generic" package names and target-specific package names, and it
> caters to Libvirt's needs in terms of package versions.
>
> There are two possibilities to change this.
>
> First, lately I have been working on allowing lcitool to be used as
> a library. As of this morning, it is possible for QEMU to use
> lcitool's databases and formatters directly from Python, and only
> replace the search mechanism to allow mappings and target paths to
> be overridden. This is the approach that is implemented in this RFC:
> the first two patches in this series use libvirt-ci as library, while
> the third implements the custom search path.
>
> However, I have also proposed the custom search mechanism directly
> upstream (https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt-ci/-/merge_requests/341).
> If this is accepted, patch 3 will become much smaller and will not
> need to know any lcitool internals; in addition, using lcitool as
> a library could be evaluated on its own merits because command-line
> operation would be a possibility as well.
>
> With the lcitool changes in place, the final patch shows how to
> install custom package mappings and update CentOS and OpenSUSE Python
> respectively to 3.8 and 3.9.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paolo
>
> Paolo Bonzini (4):
> lcitool: update submodule
> lcitool: use libvirt-ci as library
> lcitool: allow overriding package mappings and target facts
> ci, docker: update CentOS and OpenSUSE Python to non-EOL versions
>
> .gitlab-ci.d/cirrus/freebsd-12.vars | 8 +-
> .gitlab-ci.d/cirrus/freebsd-13.vars | 8 +-
> .gitlab-ci.d/cirrus/macos-12.vars | 8 +-
> scripts/ci/setup/build-environment.yml | 2 +-
> tests/docker/dockerfiles/alpine.docker | 7 +-
> tests/docker/dockerfiles/centos8.docker | 29 +++---
> .../dockerfiles/debian-amd64-cross.docker | 7 +-
> tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-amd64.docker | 7 +-
> .../dockerfiles/debian-arm64-cross.docker | 7 +-
> .../dockerfiles/debian-armel-cross.docker | 7 +-
> .../dockerfiles/debian-armhf-cross.docker | 7 +-
> .../dockerfiles/debian-mips64el-cross.docker | 7 +-
> .../dockerfiles/debian-mipsel-cross.docker | 7 +-
> .../dockerfiles/debian-ppc64el-cross.docker | 7 +-
> .../dockerfiles/debian-s390x-cross.docker | 7 +-
> .../dockerfiles/fedora-win32-cross.docker | 7 +-
> .../dockerfiles/fedora-win64-cross.docker | 7 +-
> tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora.docker | 7 +-
> tests/docker/dockerfiles/opensuse-leap.docker | 29 +++---
> tests/docker/dockerfiles/ubuntu2004.docker | 9 +-
> tests/lcitool/libvirt-ci | 2 +-
> tests/lcitool/mappings.yml | 80 ++++++++++++++++
> tests/lcitool/projects/qemu.yml | 1 +
> tests/lcitool/refresh | 96 ++++++++++++-------
> tests/lcitool/targets/centos-stream-8.yml | 3 +
> tests/lcitool/targets/opensuse-leap-153.yml | 3 +
> 26 files changed, 215 insertions(+), 154 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 tests/lcitool/mappings.yml
> create mode 100644 tests/lcitool/targets/centos-stream-8.yml
> create mode 100644 tests/lcitool/targets/opensuse-leap-153.yml
>
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